Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Emergency management is a comprehensive system to respond to emergencies or disasters impacting our community. The Office of Emergency Management offers Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

• Prevention: Actions taken to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring in the effort to protect lives and property
• Preparedness: Activities such as planning, training, public education and outreach to create awareness of potential dangers and increase readiness in our community.
• Response: Use of available resources to meet the needs of the community when disaster strikes. Depending on the severity of the disaster, this can include local, county, State and Federal resources, to include fire and EMS services, public works and law enforcement.
• Recovery: The long range support of restoring the community to pre-disaster conditions. This phase includes damage assessments to public and private property, as well as social services to assist citizens. The length of the recovery phase depends on the magnitude of the disaster.

You may contact the Office of Emergency Management at (210) 206-8580.

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